Suzanne Acton

Suzanne Acton serves as Project Manager for the Engineering (Public Works) agency of the City of Fort Myers, where she leads the planning, procurement, and execution of capital infrastructure projects critical to public safety and urban mobility. In this primary procurement role, she oversees the full lifecycle of highway, street, and bridge construction acquisitions, ensuring alignment with municipal capital improvement plans and state/federal compliance standards. Her responsibilities include developing solicitation documents, evaluating technical proposals, managing contract modifications, and coordinating with engineering and financial teams to deliver resilient transportation infrastructure that meets long-term community needs. Suzanne works directly with a network of qualified prime contractors specializing in civil construction, including firms with expertise in earthwork, pavement systems, drainage infrastructure, and traffic control. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she maintains consistent relationships with vendors possessing proven experience in heavy highway construction and public works delivery. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based specifications, robust quality assurance protocols, and timely project delivery through competitive sealed bidding and negotiated contracts under Florida’s public procurement statutes. Suzanne’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued as no set-aside procurements. This reflects a strategic focus on maximizing competition among qualified firms rather than socioeconomic set-asides, though she remains compliant with all federal and state small business participation requirements. Her approach prioritizes technical capability, past performance, and fiscal accountability over socioeconomic classifications, ensuring the most qualified contractors are selected based on merit. Her primary technical domain is NAICS 237310—Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction—where she specializes in procuring large-scale civil infrastructure including asphalt paving, concrete structures, culverts, retaining walls, and intelligent transportation systems. She has deep expertise in interpreting DOT standards, ADA accessibility requirements, and environmental mitigation measures, ensuring all projects meet rigorous engineering and public safety benchmarks.